Yummy food at the Luodong night market (Food, Travel)
:: Monday, December 24th, 2007 @ 9:39:34 am
My mother grew up in Luodong, and we found ourselves wandering around its night market tonight after going to a Tsunah Foundation event. The night market is literally a block away from where my mother grew up, although the surrounding area is very different. “There were rice paddies behind us, and in front of us, across the street… more rice paddies,” she told us, as we drove down the street.
We sat down at two places and ate some great stuff. The first was a dessert: fun yuen (or whatever — I am no pinyin expert) over shaved ice, grass jelly, and condensed milk. The rest of my family had it hot, which was a mistake; mine was much more tasty.
awesome dessert at the night market [see all photos]
The second was a sesame oil chicken in broth — a specific flavor I had previously only tasted at home. We very nearly decided to head back to Taipei directly from the Tsunah event, but I’m very happy that we didn’t! Photos follow…
assorted meats, like chicken feet. we didn’t buy.
a very-popular stinky tofu stand. we didn’t buy. (i hate the stuff!)
the stand where we ate sesame oil chicken in broth
my mom bought some sort of roasted peanuts here
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so jealous!!!
You should check out the night market by Shita University in Taipei when you get a chance. I was just there last Saturday. Just go where the crowd is and believe me, the alleys are jam-packed!
We went to a night market in Taichung on Saturday night — it was so crowded that you could only go with the flow of people! Not sure that such crowds are productive to eating. :)
how can you NOT like stinky
tofu?? ;*) have fun ! we’re
thnking of heading back in march
perhaps. nightmarket food is
my favorite part of taipei!
UGH. I *hate* stinky tofu. Every time I try it, it tastes good until the smell makes its way up through the inside passages to the nose. YUCK!!
Coincidentally, we ate at the night market close to Shida University tonight (where Ting-Yao recommended we go — by the way, who are you, Ting-Yao? :). Had excellent Thai food.
I stumbled upon your site when I was doing my research on digital cameras. I left another comment in your Dec. 5 entry on DC’s. By thew ay, you’ve got a blog full of interesting things and beautiful photos! And after browsing through a few entries, I must say that, you travel WAY too much! =)
Sorry, I do not have a website so… guess you can call me a random internet surfer.. or I guess I will tune in to your blog as a regular now.
I, too, can’t believe you don’t like stinky tofu! It used to be one of the reasons that I don’t want to leave TW. Well, night markets take on really unique characteristics of their own. It is alawys interesting to visit the night markets at the different towns & cities across the island and try out the food specific to that area!
Glad you enjoyed your Thai meal and hope you enjoyed the rest of your visit here. I am having Thai with friends tonight. By the way, I do like to take photos of food but only post them in kodakgallery.
A little late now but next time you’re in Taiwan you might want to try the ma la (spicy) stinky tofu. The spiciness may be enough to cover up the stinkyness. Unless you can’t stand spicy food either in which case you’ll be doubly screwed. =)
oooo. the yuan look good. really. good. ^_^